Cape football falls to Smyrna 50-0
The Cape football squad finished its season with a 50-0 loss to No. 1 Smyrna Nov. 18 in the Division 3A state tournament. The Vikings finish the 2022 campaign at 4-7.
Cape fell behind quickly, as the Eagles scored on their first possession of the game and didn’t slow down, building a 24-0 lead by the end of the first quarter. The Vikings held the high-powered offense to just eight points in the second quarter and went into the halftime break behind 32 points. The Eagles didn’t let up, adding 12 in the third and six more with a running clock in the fourth period.
Cape’s Thomas Messick had an interception and two pass deflections in the game.
Smyrna moves to the semifinals of the 3A bracket, where they will face Middletown.
No stats were available for the game.
Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs.
